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; DANGER TO AUTOMOBILES Al*
'GRADE CROSSINGS
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•od for tfco fotoro.
“Oirfen the history of oar transpor
tation and hithway systeau aid tbo
enormous coot of adjusting them to
modern conditions, the elimination of
(rndo crofMinfs is ud in the vary
nature of the problem must be a mut
ual development with the growth of
population and wealth, but, meanwhile,
good Judgment on' the part of all con
cerned can do much to anticipate the
’benefits of the admittedly desirable
expenditure of large sums of money.
The same sober sense of responsibil
ity for life on the part of automobile
drivers which actuates most locomo
tive engineers, and in addition the
willingness of the automobile driver in
such a high interest to subordinate
his time and convenience to that of
the greater number represented by a
railroad train, can check a waste of
life and limb and property which la
now increasing every year.
u To this end I appeal confidently for
the counsel of every responsible man'
and woman in the South, whether or
not he or she drives an automobile.
Words of caution and common sense
around the family dinner table can
have more influence and can save
more lives at railway grade crossings
than all the warning whistles ever
blown by a locomotive engineer."
SOUTH AS GRAIN SECTION
EXPLOITED BY SOUTHERN
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PROTECT HMffiEiMnY
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A mah of family hat a big retpomihility. He sot only mutt con*
tenre the morali and education of hit wife and loved tract, but he
must tee to it that THEY SHALL HOT WANT. It there a bet
ter way of helping hit dear ones than by adding to'hia BANK ACCOUNT T
It will provide against sickness and misfortune. Every man of family
SHOULD HAVE A BANK ACCOUNT.
OBSERVE THE WARNING—DON’T INVITE THiS PATE.
Washington, D. G—Ths following
tetter hss been addressed to the pub
lic by Mr. Fairfax Harrison, president
of Southern Railway Company:
p "The automobile has greatly in
creased the comfort and convenience
of life, end it has been an important
factor in the improvement of country
highways and so ha.i contributed to
ths progress of civilisation of our
time, but. Just as the railroad did
when it revolutionized commerce, the'
automobile has introduced‘new social
complications and new risks, moral as
well as physical.
The American people are said to
be characteristically reckless of hu
man life, and perhaps in nothing Is
this stglemeiU more Justified at the
moment than in relation to the use of
automobiles—not even the railroads
My particular Interest In ths ques
tion is, where my public responsibility
lies, In the combination of ths two-
in ths accident* which occur to auto
mobiles and their occupants where
highways cross railways at grade: and
this la s question of sufficient Import
ance to warrant the attention of ovary
thinking man in the South.
Record Fc * Year
The fqlluetnx table shows the ap-
son or brother for money; on the other
hand, the collection of damages out
of railroad revenues, as a punishment
for an avoidable accident, when there
can be no real compensation, is an
economic waste; it punishes the pub
lic mors than it punishes the stock
holders, as It deprives ths public by
exactly the amount of the damages
of the ability of the railroad to pro
vide additional permanent facilities
for the use or convenience'and safety
of the public. Given the progressive
policy of Southern Railway Company
to make such Improvements to the
extent of.Its ability. It is of interest
Atlanta, Ga.—The superlative ad
vantages of the South as a grain pro
ducing section will be given great
prominence in exhibits which South
ern Railway, Mobile and Ohio Rail
road, Georgia Southern and Florida
Railway, Virginia and Southwestern
Railway, and affiliated lines will make
at thirty state, district and county
fairs in the North and Middle West
during the coming fall.
An especially fine collection of
grains will be shown while the grass
es and forage crops exhibited will be
of very high character. From the
wheat growing section of the South,
grain sheaves will be shown from
fields yielding as high as 40 bushels
to the acre, and the character of oth
er exhibits will be in keeping. The
fruits and vegetables to be shown in
Jars Include a wide variety.
These exhibits come from various
districts of the entire territory serv- I
ed by Southern Railway and affiliated
lines In Virginia, North and South |
Georgia, Alabama, Florida, ,
Bam!k: Of Z' W ini Wt-.rvn
WILLISTON, S. C.
to note that, fn the last year a divi
dend was paid by the Company, 3 80
cents of every dollar of revenue col
lected from the public went in pay
ment of damages of all kinds, prac
tically the same amount, 3.88 cents,
went to the stockholders, while only
thirteen-hundredths of one cent of
each dollar of revenue could be ap
plied on permanent improvements.
Such other Improvements as were
made were necessarily charged to new
capital, thereby increasing the de
mands on the fund in which the pub
lic has so vital an interest. It would
be the pleasure of the management
palling record of such accidents on ! always to apply as much of the rev-
lines operated by Southern Railway
Company In the South during the year
ended June 30, 1918.
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"Without seeking to avoid Just re
sponsibility for what the officers or
employees o( the railroad do or omit,
but recalling that a railroad employee
• whose carelessness causes an acci
dent is, in the public interest, subject
to discipline which affects his liveli
hood, it is probably fall* to say that
a large proportion of these accidents
happened solely through the careless
ness of the drivers of automobiles,
or their lack of experience in dealing
with vehicles at high speed. There
are among them also Well authenticat
ed cases of deliberate assumption of
risk by the drivers of automobiles
from pure love of excitement and
speed, evidenced by racing with trains
and seeking the thrill of a narrow es
cape. Our enginemen report such oc
currences dally. If fortunately tiiey
are without fatal consequences in the
great majority of cases, they are al
ways paid for by a heavy strain on
the nerves of all concerned, particu
larly thoae of the locomotive engineer,
who maintains speed from duty and
not for fun. It ts not too much to
claim for the locomotive engineer a
larger equipment of experience and a
greater habit of precaution than the
average automobile driver. As a class
the locomotive engineers are sober,
steady and conservative men of long
experience in meeting and avoiding
risks, for theirs is a dangerous occu
pation. Their every effort of charac
ter, of tnstrwotlon and of Interert is
to avoid an accident. Meet ef the ec-
eidente to automobiles at railway
grade creeeiags could be avoided if
there wee the same restraint ef ex
perience and attention at the' wheel
ef the onto mobile ae at the throttle
ef the lecembtive.
Public Vitally Interested
Tt does not suffice the pabllo In
any moral aenae that the fund made
•p of U»e revenues collected by the
railroad la totally made to respond
accidents. SukUJe to collect life In
enues on permanent Improvements ms
on dividends. If that was possible.
There is. then, a basis of interest as
well as of morals for co-operation be
tween the public and the railroads to
prevent the recurrence of these trag
ediea.
"With a deep sense of the respon
sibility of management in this mat
ter and pledging this Company to do
everything In its power which is rea
sonable and consistent with the func
tions for which it was chartered, I ap
peal to the public generally for such
co-operation in avoiding these serious
and distressing accidents. In practical
J ly all cases they can be. and In moat
cases are, readily anrl easily avoided
by the automobile driver acting upon
the familiar warning to stop, look and
listen at railway crossings. While
familiarity with the crossing sign
posts and the regular schedules of
trains may breed contempt of danger,
surely every one of us when using a
highway can afford to sacrifice enough
of his time and his pride of opinion
to have a practical assurance of safe
ty. On the other hand, the demands
of commerce and of public transpor
tation do not permit a railroad to stop
all its trains at all highway crossings:
if that was possible it would be cheap
er for the railroad to do so than to
pay the damages. It is clear, however,
that it is necessary that one or the
other of the parties to a crossing shall
Mississippi. Tennessee and Kentucky, i
They will be shown in Pennsylvania. 1
New York, Indiana, Michigan and 11- j
linois and each exhibit will be attend-1
ed by agents, well equipped to tell
callers about the various sections of ,
the South.
The first two exhibits will be shown '
at fairs in Indiana. For all fairs in
‘the Middle West a special exhibit
tent has been provided, arranged so
that a large number of people can
see the exhibit at the same time.
Throughout many of the states the
Southern Railway exhibit has become
well known and is looked for.
SPLENDID RECORD IS MADE
IN HANDLING OF PASSENGERS l
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Medical College of the State of South Carolina.
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Schools of Medicine and Pharmacy
Owned and Controlled by the State
Eighty-seventh Session begins Oc
tober 1, 1915-Ends June 1,1916.
Fine new three-story building im
mediately opposite Roper Hospital.
Laboratories of Chemistry, Pacteh-
ology, Anatomy, Physiology, Clinical
Patnology, Pharmacology and Phar
macy provided with new, modem
equipment.
The Roper Hospital, one of the
largest and best equipped hospitals
in the Sodth, contains 218 beds, and
with an extensive out-patient ser
vice. offers unsurpassed clinical ad
vantages.
Practical work in dispensary for
pharmaceutical students.
Two years graduated service in
Roper hospital with six appointmenti
each year.
Department of Physiology and
Embriology in affiliation with the
Charleston Museum.
Ten full time teachers in labora
tory branches.
For catalog address
OSCAR W. SCHLEETER. Registrar,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Box 4
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Atlanta. Ga.—More than sixteen and
a half million passengers—a number
greater than the combined population
of Virginia, North Carolina, South t'ar-
olina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee
and Kentucky—were transported by
Southern Railway during the year end
ed June 30 with only one fatal injury
to a passenger while on a train and
that one was standing on a car plat
form in direct violation of the com
pany's rules.
This excellent record was shown in
the official figures given out indicat
ing the high degree of safety that
has been attained in the handling of
Southern Railway passenger trains.
In marked contrast are figures re
cently given out by President Fairfax
Harrison of Southern Railway, show
ing that during the same period
twelve persons riding in automobiles
were killed ia accidents at public
highway crossings, every one of which
accidents could have been prevented
had the driver of the car observed
the familiar warning, “Stop, Look and
Listen."
me and
THE AUTO LIVERY AND REPAIR COMPANY,
Barnwell, S. C.
Repair Your Automobiles and stationery
Gas Engines.
xm* you nothing.
BMeeccxi ecexee&iec we .x*.
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H. R. ERWIN
Civil Engineer and ‘
Surveyor
ALLENDALE, S. C.
march 1916
$1.00
Barnwell to Augutta and |
Return Thursday,
September 16
Last excursion of the season. You
cannot afford to miss this opportunity
to visit the beautiful city of Augusta.
Don’t forget the date
Train leaves 10:07 A. M.. and leaves
Augusta returning 9:00 P. M.
— VIA—
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Work
AUGUSTA, QA
I CAROLINA
ENDS TO SELL COTTON
SOUTHERN ELIMINATING
MANY GRADE CROSSINGS
JoMN J. JoNes
ittonieij and coiinseior at Law Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Danville, Va.—In connection with
the double track work which it has
»top if the largest measure of protec-‘ had under way in Virginia and North
Mon of life and limb and property Is
to be secured. If not from self-inter
est, can not the automobile drlvei-
yleld- the precedence as a matter ol
courtesy to age, for the railroad is
older than the automobile!
Illminating Grads Crossings
‘‘The ideal of safety will be accom
plished only when all grade crossings
Carolina during the past fiscal yeac on
102.4 miles of its Atlanta-Washington
line, Southern Railway has eliminated
54 out of 73 grade crossings. By the
building of underpasses 20 were elim
inated, by overhead bridges 19, and
by changing the direcUon of public
highways 15. The If which remain
are so located as to make their elitni-
Practice in all the State and Federa
Courts of South Carolina and Georgia
Prompt attention given to Collections
Office 413 Dyer Bldg.
AUGUSTA, - - GEORGIA.
Bell ’Phone 3237.
T.C. White,
Gen. Pas. Agt.
W. J Craig,
Pas. Traf. Mgr.
of railroads are separated. In this _ nation physically impossible or they
respect Southern Railway Company is
doing something every year and as
much as Its resources and other obli
gations make possible: Indeed, it may
be claimed that the Company is,
speaking generally, making progress
more rapidly than most municipalities
which have an obligation in the prem
ises: but by co-operation of munici
palities and railroads many dangerous
crossings havs been eliminated 'taken
throughout the South, and more will safety
be every year. Furtheraye, on every
bit of construction wortrof Southern
Railway Company now In progress, or
recently completed, involving the re
location or doobto tracking of line
(nearly tour mllfioa dollars has boon
it on saeh work daring the past
year), vrovlston has boon, made at
targR additional expense to separate
all tmpanaat highway araaotogs of the
involve prohibitive damages to abut
ting property.
fn all construction work involving
the relocation or double tracking of
Its linos the fixed policy of Southern
Railway Company is to separate all
Important highway crossings of the
revised lines wherever practicable.
Though this policy means large a4dl;
tional expense, such expense Is under-
a permanent investment tor
Southern Railway has also cooperat
ed with municipal and county author
ities In the elimination of many dan
gerous crossings on others of Its lines
throughout the South. It has devoted
to work of this character
4 La resources and other
make possible and Proatdoat
has announced that
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DR. W. C. MILHOUS,
Office hours: 8:30 a. tn. to 6 p. m.
Persons living away from Barnwell
will please make appoli.tmenrs before
coming. By so doing they will be sun-
of immediate service and
X fl. NINESTEIN
HERBERT E. GYLES
Attorneya-at-Law
BLACKVILLE, - . s. C.
Will practice in ill Courts.
Money to lotto on Fanning Lands.
Thos. M. Boulware,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Xrgodoie ieee» ea re«l estate. Can
**t 7% •one) |g Mm* not tens than
M.iOu.OO. " -
tMe pel-1 Offles over Bank of Wstoma <
_ I UMWfU. S-C.
$17.30
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Account 50th Annual Reunion,
Grand Army of the Republic.
Great Military Parades.
Tickets on gale September 25 th,
.’ • 26th, 27th.
Returning, all tickets void after
midnight, October 5th, 1915.
Make up your party apd go via
WANTED.—An energetic young ’
mao or woman in every town in Barn
well County to engage in pleasant and
profitable work. Address, with refer
ences, P. 0. Box 305, BarnwdUjJS; C.
We are opening up a
first-class
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Parties desiring to conr P
tract (or their wint^E*
supply should see us
before ' buying else
where. Wenave con
tracted (or large quan
tities and will give
,vmm customers the benefit of
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